as in rich
having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)
after that huge Sunday brunch, everyone needed a full-bodied coffee
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Recent Examples of full-bodied
French Roast 19-1012: This solid, full-bodied brown isn’t just for designer handbags or shoes.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
The male shadowed her, shivering after her full-bodied exertions above sandy pits where ripples of water flowed through.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Everyone in the ensemble creates a distinctive, full-bodied character.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
Rioja wine region La Rioja, Basque Country, and Navarre
Spread across three different autonomous communities, the Rioja wine region is known for its tempranillo grapes, which produce the tannic, full-bodied red wines of the same name.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
The male shadowed her, shivering after her full-bodied exertions above sandy pits where ripples of water flowed through.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2025
Everyone in the ensemble creates a distinctive, full-bodied character.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
Rioja wine region La Rioja, Basque Country, and Navarre
Spread across three different autonomous communities, the Rioja wine region is known for its tempranillo grapes, which produce the tannic, full-bodied red wines of the same name.
—Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full-bodied
Adjective
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The fruit is rich in vitamin C, potassium, magnesium, as well as antioxidants, and potassium.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Mar. 2025
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Their roster is rich with talented young players, including a terrific goaltender in Lukas Dostal, and there are signs that Anaheim is starting to figure it out.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The hardware still had to rely on less robust hardware qubits (the transmons) to do error correction, and the very low error rate was still not low enough to avoid having occasional bit flips.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
26 Feb. 2025
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But as Trump begins his second term, many of the voters who sent him back to the White House welcome more robust government action to rein in a health care system many Americans perceive as out of control, polls show.—
Noam Levey,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.—
National Geographic,
National Geographic,
13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.—
Elliot Hughes,
Journal Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2023
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Though financially and logistically dependent on foreign partners, Ukraine's armed forces are among the world's most potent and experienced.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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The search for nationhood spread far and wide, becoming a central organizing principle of the world and one of its most potent political ideologies.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Full-bodied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full-bodied. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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